diff --git a/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core.Test/Run/SerializationTests.cs b/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core.Test/Run/SerializationTests.cs
index 5cbbedd511..68264c1a2f 100644
--- a/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core.Test/Run/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core.Test/Run/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -498,7 +498,9 @@ public void DeserializeCommitOptions()
                         "repo": "some/repo"
                     },
                     "commit-message-options": {
-                        "prefix": "[SECURITY] "
+                        "prefix": "[SECURITY] ",
+                        "prefix-development": null,
+                        "include-scope": true
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -506,7 +508,7 @@ public void DeserializeCommitOptions()
         var jobWrapper = RunWorker.Deserialize(jsonWrapperJson)!;
         Assert.Equal("[SECURITY] ", jobWrapper.Job.CommitMessageOptions!.Prefix);
         Assert.Null(jobWrapper.Job.CommitMessageOptions!.PrefixDevelopment);
-        Assert.Null(jobWrapper.Job.CommitMessageOptions!.IncludeScope);
+        Assert.True(jobWrapper.Job.CommitMessageOptions!.IncludeScope);
     }
 
     public static IEnumerable<object?[]> DeserializeErrorTypesData()
diff --git a/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core/Run/ApiModel/CommitOptions.cs b/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core/Run/ApiModel/CommitOptions.cs
index 32af37e220..250084db44 100644
--- a/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core/Run/ApiModel/CommitOptions.cs
+++ b/nuget/helpers/lib/NuGetUpdater/NuGetUpdater.Core/Run/ApiModel/CommitOptions.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ public record CommitOptions
 {
     public string? Prefix { get; init; } = null;
     public string? PrefixDevelopment { get; init; } = null;
-    public string? IncludeScope { get; init; } = null;
+    public bool? IncludeScope { get; init; } = null;
 }